Someone noted that the proper title is Prof. Moran, not Dr. Moran. Barry asked "Why?" We responded that Queen Elizabeth is also the Duchess of Edinburgh, but she is properly addressed as Her Majesty the Queen. It is considered polite to use the highest title when addressing someone, particularly when issuing an apology. We did note that Larry Moran presumably doesn't care all that much one or the other. Most people probably call him "Larry".

We considered marking the comment off-topic, but as it was an apology thread, it did seem relevant.

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Someone noted that the proper title is Prof. Moran, not Dr. Moran. Barry asked "Why?" We responded that Queen Elizabeth is also the Duchess of Edinburgh, but she is properly addressed as Her Majesty the Queen. It is considered polite to use the highest title when addressing someone, particularly when issuing an apology. We did note that Larry Moran presumably doesn't care all that much one or the other. Most people probably call him "Larry".

We considered marking the comment off-topic, but as it was an apology thread, it did seem relevant.

So much for the off-topic theory.

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Barry Arrington: Bond movies are, too me, much of a muchness. If you liked the first 23 installments (and I did for the most part), you will like this one.

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Barry Arrington: Bond movies are, too me, much of a muchness. If you liked the first 23 installments (and I did for the most part), you will like this one.

Well, we stand corrected. Jack Jones shows why James Bond is relevant to the debate over Intelligent Design:

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Jack Jones: The Aston Martin did not come about by a tornado in a junkyard.

Aston Martins come from poofs in the junkyard. Everyone knows that, by analogy to how humans were poofed through time.

Tornado, bah!

Glen Davidson

No self-respecting poof would waste time in a junkyard.

--------------"But it's disturbing to think someone actually thinks creationism -- having put it's hand on the hot stove every day for the last 400 years -- will get a different result tomorrow." -- midwifetoad

Try it. You can edit them down to 1 character if you do it in 20 min, or request deletion. But can you make them disappear?

ETA: No idea what this claim that I made a new account with the same name is about. You simply can't do that if the name is already taken.

ETA2: Guess I also put myself in moderation

ETA3: The claim I made a second account with the same name is so odd, that perhaps something really weird has happened. I'll be charitable to Barry and think someone monkeyed with my account? Can't login now.

Try it. You can edit them down to 1 character if you do it in 20 min, or request deletion. But can you make them disappear?

ETA: No idea what this claim that I made a new account with the same username is about. You simply can't do that if the username is already taken.

And he accuses you of creating a new UD account under the same name.

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UDEditors: Yes, you do, with respect to your own comments. You have also created a new UD Account with the same name. Why did you do that?

Brian Douglas has pointed out the idiocy of his accusation.

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Now, Barry, WordPress does not allow different accounts with the same name. Even if you forget your password, you can’t create a new account with the same name, or the same email. Surely you know this.

I have no idea if BD is correct, but I think I have become clairvoyant. Bye-bye Brian.

Try it. You can edit them down to 1 character if you do it in 20 min, or request deletion. But can you make them disappear?

ETA: No idea what this claim that I made a new account with the same name is about. You simply can't do that if the name is already taken.

ETA2: Guess I also put myself in moderation

ETA3: The claim I made a second account with the same name is so odd, that perhaps something really weird has happened. I'll be charitable to Barry and think someone monkeyed with my account? Can't login now.

I'd be willing to cut him some slack, but given his history of Douchery and his love of 'inference of the best explanation'...

Try it. You can edit them down to 1 character if you do it in 20 min, or request deletion. But can you make them disappear?

ETA: No idea what this claim that I made a new account with the same name is about. You simply can't do that if the name is already taken.

ETA2: Guess I also put myself in moderation

ETA3: The claim I made a second account with the same name is so odd, that perhaps something really weird has happened. I'll be charitable to Barry and think someone monkeyed with my account? Can't login now.

I'd be willing to cut him some slack, but given his history of Douchery and his love of 'inference of the best explanation'...

The latest from Barry

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Looks like REC has thrown in the towel.

By "thrown in the towel" I can only assume that Banny has banned REC and declared victory.

Try it. You can edit them down to 1 character if you do it in 20 min, or request deletion. But can you make them disappear?

ETA: No idea what this claim that I made a new account with the same name is about. You simply can't do that if the name is already taken.

ETA2: Guess I also put myself in moderation

ETA3: The claim I made a second account with the same name is so odd, that perhaps something really weird has happened. I'll be charitable to Barry and think someone monkeyed with my account? Can't login now.

You can request deletion, after which the post is put in moderation and not deleted (I've just tried this here, but the link will probably 404).

--------------It is fun to dip into the various threads to watch cluelessness at work in the hands of the confident exponent. - Soapy Sam (so say we all)

And... peteFun's most recent post is gone, and all his new posts no longer appear at all. Details in the Uncommonly Dense thread... fun while it lasted though. Probably for the best - my kid is better, back to work on Monday, and no time for arguing on the internet these days.

But man this brought back some good memories from wasting time in grad school :)

I asked you whether statement 2 follows from statement 1, and in bad faith you tried to dodge the question. That is what you always do when you’re stuck. Not this time. You are in moderation. You will not be released from moderation until you answer the question. If this means you never post at UD again, I can live with that

Getting this confused is one of Barry’s mistakes, amongst numerous other failings (high arrogance, low knowledge, high propensity to blab without doing any research in the primary literature, reliance on quotes from popularizations rather than absorbing the consensus in the primary literature.)

Bang on, couldn't have said it better.

ETA: Second thoughts, Matzke was probably a little too vague and unnecessarily politically correct. Barry is such recalcitrant recidivist asshat that come what may he couldn't tell the difference between a tautology and a shit sandwich. God help his paying customers if he has any.

I agree. People at UD are much more mature than at TSZ. I have seen very few people here call opposing commenters liars, stupid, willfully dishonest, pathetic snivelling cowards, Strawman Humpers, dirt worshippers, and other immature epithets that the people at TSZ use all the time in describing us.

I agree. People at UD are much more mature than at TSZ. I have seen very few people here call opposing commenters liars, stupid, willfully dishonest, pathetic snivelling cowards, Strawman Humpers, dirt worshippers, and other immature epithets that the people at TSZ use all the time in describing us.

No doubt. But how pathetic is that? That is almost Gordon KairosFocus Mullings paranoid.

What he can't do is refute the fact that he is more abusive, arrogant and obnoxious (the three A's, except that one is an O) than anyone (ie, everyone combined) at TSZ.

All he risks at TSZ is ridicule for not being able to defend his opinions in a venue that he doesn't control. That is something that he is too much of a pathetic snivelling coward to allow to happen.

But, on the off chance that he is willing to respond (not likely for such a coward) what are you afraid of? Honestly debating the issues, or losing site hits (and ad revenue)? The most likely inference is, the latter.

No doubt. But how pathetic is that? That is almost Gordon KairosFocus Mullings paranoid.

What he can't do is refute the fact that he is more abusive, arrogant and obnoxious (the three A's, except that one is an O) than anyone (ie, everyone combined) at TSZ.

All he risks at TSZ is ridicule for not being able to defend his opinions in a venue that he doesn't control. That is something that he is too much of a pathetic snivelling coward to allow to happen.

But, on the off chance that he is willing to respond (not likely for such a coward) what are you afraid of? Honestly debating the issues, or losing site hits (and ad revenue)? The most likely inference is, the latter.

Wait till he finds out that I am also Daniel King. He always uses that name as an example of an ID opponent who has been a long time commenter at UD.

--------------"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."

--------------"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."

--------------"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."

--------------"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."

--------------"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."

--------------"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."